MODERN TIMES
Modern Times opens with the image of sheep being herded into what we can imagine is their end of life as that is what sheep are for. We grow them, sheer them, and then eventually…
ANNOUNCING THE BLINDSPOT 2016 LINEUP
I took a year off from the series and even though with or without this intended look at films I’ve yet to catch up with I still make time for discoveries I do like the…
BLINDSPOT: CHUNGKING EXPRESS (1994)
Am I really just to give up entirely and Wong Kar Wai? Last year I was one of the many who championed his foray into action cinema where he made drama the centerpiece with The Grandmaster…
BLINDSPOT: THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
Two years ago I watched City Lights, my very first Charlie Chaplin film. There’s something about firsts that stay with us. No matter what we’re always seeking to replicate that feeling while at the same time always…
BLINDSPOT: SHOLAY (1975)
The reason why I love films like The Rock, Drunken Master, The Good The Bad and The Ugly and even Blazing Saddles is that more than anything else the films have that “did you see that?” quality to them.…